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Serves as Chief, Survey Unit and provides hydrographic, topographic, planimetric, and geodetic survey capabilities to support the Chief, Waterways Management Section. Provide technical expertise for the planning, development, and implementation of complex hydrographic and topographic surveying projects using knowledge and experience where few specific guidelines exist.
Major Duties
- The incumbent arranges and attends meetings, representing the District, with state, city and county officials to work out details of local cooperation and other phases of navigation related activities.
- As Survey Unit Chief, directs a subordinate staff of approximately 12 to 14 members located in three remote field offices, involved in hydrographic and topographic surveying processing data and preparing charts in various formats.
- Maintain weekly and long range work plans and schedules to support contract surveys, dredged material placement surveys, and beach condition and erosion surveys.
- Provide technical assistance to Navigation Managers and Project Management in the development of an annual plan of work, schedules deadlines for accomplishing the navigation program.
Qualifications
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes providing expertise in state-of the-art surveying instrumentation and methodology to assure that all project requirements are met by utilizing the most effective surveying technology. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Environmental Compliance and Preventive ActionHydraulic EngineeringLeadershipPartnering Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
Pay Range
$74,596.00 - $96,978.00